Celtic women's manager Fran Alonso says his squad are 'ready and capable' of challenging Glasgow City for the Scottish Women's Premier League title.

Glasgow have won 13 successive league titles, but newly-appointed Alonso wants all that to change.

And Celtic are set to take on the defending champions on Friday in their first game of the 2020 season.

He said: "The most important aspect of the game is the psychology. They are a winning team because they know what to do when it is not going right; they will still have composure and belief because they are used to winning. You haven’t won the league so you don’t have that.

"So much of our work this week has been around that aspect – instilling a belief in the squad where we believe in ourselves and the team and we believe we are ready and capable of challenging.

"The fact that Glasgow City are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League so that will tell you how good a team they are and there is no doubt we are big underdogs on Friday night. But the fight will be there, the passion will be there and the organisation will be there and we will see.

"If I have to guess I would say that we are close to their level but the real test is on Friday. That will show us where we are right now and what we have to do to keep going up a level. It is early days. But we want to see a good show."

Celtic will take on Glasgow City at home on Friday (February 21) at 7:30pm.